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- Q.Converting Area Containing Rotted Wood Chips Into Vegetable Garden - We are converting an area containing rotted, untreated wood chips into a vegetable garden. The area was previously used as ...
- Q.Hot Weather Crops - I'm growing a garden in Austin, TX in the summer.
- Q.What And When To Grow - I live in Charlotte, NC and have never had a vegetable garden before. I would like to know what I ...
- Q.When To Start Garden - I live in the northeast (NY). When is the best time to plant a vegetable garden? I will be starting ...
- Q.Solarization - I live in Arkansas. This is the first year I've had a garden. I'm learning new tricks as I go. My ...
- Q.Weeds And Tilling - I have a small garden, 60' by 30'. I have let it go for two years now. Should I de-weed ...
- Q.Making A New Garden Bed - Is tilling in short lawn grass okay to do in making a new bed? Thanks.
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tonya gaye on
April 30, 2011Q.Converting Area Containing Rotted Wood Chips Into Vegetable Garden
We are converting an area containing rotted, untreated wood chips into a vegetable garden. The area was previously used as play area and what now remains is soil formed from the breaking down of untreated wood chips. Can I work in more fresh soil and plant as a vegetable garden? Will soil be too acidic still?
Answered by
Heather on
May 2, 2011
Certified ExpertA.Most vegetables actually do pretty well in slightly acidic soil. This area will be fine for a vegetable garden if you work in fresh soil.
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- Asked by
teeceegarden on
May 3, 2011Q.Hot Weather Crops
I'm growing a garden in Austin, TX in the summer.
- Answered by
Heather on
May 9, 2011
Certified ExpertA.I think this site will help you with that:
https://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/archives/parsons/vegetables/veg.htmlWas this answer useful?00 - Asked by
Anonymous on
May 5, 2011Q.What and When to Grow
I live in Charlotte, NC and have never had a vegetable garden before. I would like to know what I can plant and what time of the year can it be planted.
- Answered by
Nikki on
May 5, 2011
Certified ExpertA.These articles should help: https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/vegetables/vgen/starting-vegetable-gardens-guide.htm
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/planting-zones/north-carolina-planting-zones.htmWas this answer useful?00 - Asked by
Anonymous on
May 7, 2011Q.When to Start Garden
I live in the northeast (NY). When is the best time to plant a vegetable garden? I will be starting with baby plants, not seeds. Is it traditionally Mother's day or Father's day?
- Answered by
Nikki on
May 8, 2011
Certified ExpertA.This article will help with that: https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/vegetables/vgen/when-to-plant-your-vegetable-garden.htm
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Anonymous on
May 12, 2011Q.Solarization
I live in Arkansas. This is the first year I've had a garden. I'm learning new tricks as I go. My question is. . . Next year, I will be placing my garden in a different location and making it larger. Is there anything I might need to do to prepare the area that I will have for my garden? Right now, it is mowed grass. I have heard of solarization and wondered if this would be a wise thing to do, and if so, how?
- Answered by
Nikki on
May 13, 2011
Certified ExpertA.The following article should be of some help to you:
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/garden-how-to/projects/how-to-solarize-garden-beds-to-eliminate-garden-pests-in-the-soil.htmWas this answer useful?00 - Asked by
Anonymous on
May 14, 2011Q.Weeds And Tilling
I have a small garden, 60' by 30'. I have let it go for two years now. Should I de-weed it before tilling, or will tilling it be good enough?
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Nikki on
May 15, 2011
Certified ExpertA.Tilling the garden while the weeds are still there is okay provided you do so before the weeds seed out. This will only cause them to pop back up.
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Flowerbush on
May 18, 2011Q.Making a New Garden Bed
Is tilling in short lawn grass okay to do in making a new bed? Thanks.
- Answered by
Heather on
May 22, 2011
Certified ExpertA.This is fine, but the grass roots will try to regrow. After you till, you will need to lay down mulch or something else, like newspaper or landscape cloth, to suppress the new grass growth.
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